An empire of touch : women's political labor and the fabrication of East Bengal /

In today's world of unequal globalization, Bangladesh has drawn international attention for the spate of factory disasters that have taken the lives of numerous garment workers, mostly young women. The contemporary garment industry -- and the labor organizing pushing back -- draws on a long his...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Saha, Poulomi (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Collection:Gender and culture.
Sujets:
Women in development > India > Bengal > History.
Women > Political activity > India > Bengal > History.
Women textile workers > India > Bengal > History.
Nation-building > India > Bengal.
Femmes dans le développement > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde) > Histoire.
Femmes > Activité politique > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde) > Histoire.
Travailleuses du textile > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde) > Histoire.
Reconstruction d'une nation > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Nation-building.
Politics and government.
Women in development.
Women > Political activity.
Women textile workers.
Bengal (India) > Politics and government.
Bengal (India) > History.
India > Bengal.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Virgin suicides
  • 2. The fetish touch
  • 3. Oceanic feelings
  • 4. Archive asylum
  • 5. Machine made
  • Epilogue
  • Glossary.

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